POSSIBILITIES OF SOCIODRAMA IN THE CONTEXT OF
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS
MODERATORS: KATALIN HEGYES – ZSELYKE MOLNOS
ENVIRONMENTAL CONSCIOUSNESS
Sociodrama and power
DATE AND TIME: 27th of June, Thursday 9:30-10:45
CONFERENCE TOPIC: Sociodrama and ecology – environmental issues and relationships between organisms, including humans, and their living context
TYPE: Roundtable discussion
ROOM:
NUMBER OF PARTICIPANTS: 40
TAGS: Sociodrama and Ecology, June27 Morning
ABSTRACT:
Increasingly hot summers, snowless winters, water restrictions – the signs of the climate crisis are becoming more and more apparent in our daily lives. How can sociodrama help to promote a more environmentally conscious attitude, so that we realise that we need to change our lifestyles for the sake of our future?
The discussion will be attended by foreign sociodramatists, such as Marjut Partanen-Hertell from Finland, Enikő Fazakas from Romania or Hungarian experts, such as Attila Donáth, who have worked on ecological issues in sociodramatic workshops.
The aim of the roundtable is to give experts the opportunity to share their experiences and present their work.
Main themes might include:
• How can we address these issues without creating fear, anxiety, or reinforcing images of disaster?
• Sociodrama can also serve as a way for a community to collectively figure out what they can do for their immediate environment. How can sociodrama contribute to developing community solutions in this area?
• To make the necessary changes, it is not enough to change individual lifestyles, but economic, political and social changes are needed. How can we work sociodramatically with this?
The audience will learn about different possibilities and “best practices” on how sociodrama can serve to shape ecological attitudes and conscious behaviour – at the individual, small community, or societal level.
ABOUT THE MODERATORS:
Katalin Hegyes is a trainer, communication expert, a biblio- and psychodrama teacher, working with sociodrama in social institutions and mainly in school classrooms. She is one of the founders of the Hegyvidék Green Circle in Budapest, author of the book Outdoors! and she has also completed a course in human ecology, which is why she is interested in using sociodrama to raise environmental awareness and strengthen local eco-initiatives.
Zselyke Molnos: As a biologist and psychologist, she has been working in the field of ecopsychology for a decade. Her work at the Ecopsychology Institute, their Nature-Connection Facilitator trainings, her books (eg. The Ecopsychological Paradigm), her lectures, as well as the participatory nature walks she facilitates, all focus on the paradigm shift in our relationship with the rest of nature, that is of upmost importance. Her PhD research at ELTE Eötvös Loránd University, Psychology Doctoral School, People-Environment Tranzaction program also focuses on nature connectedness and nature perception.
